Rev 11:15, 19; and see Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 706; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 144; Seiss, ALBR, 369; and generally [§183] Rev 11:19: Introduction to the Final Plagues of the Third Woe. ↩︎

See generally [§184] An Overview of Revelation 12 and the JST Changes. ↩︎

See generally [§201] Rev 12:7: Apostasy Ends and War Begins in Heaven; [§204] Rev 12:8-9: Lucifer Prevailed Not and Was Cast Out; [§207] Rev 12:10: The Accuser of the Brethren Is Cast Down; [§209] Rev 12:12: Rejoicing in Heaven at War’s End. ↩︎

See generally [§211] Rev 12:13: Satan Persecutes the Ancient Earthly Church; [§212] Rev 12:14: The Church Is Nourished in the Wilderness; [§213] Rev 12:15-16: Flood Water Threatens the Woman in 70 AD; [§214] Rev 12:17: The Dragon Makes War on the Woman’s Seed. ↩︎

See generally [§215] An Overview of Satan’s Kingdom [Two Beasts] in Revelation 13; [§217] Rev 13:1: A Beast [Rome] Rises from the Sea in 70 AD; [§219] Rev 13:3: Imperial Rome Dies and Papal Rome Lives On; [§221] Rev 13:5: Satan Has a Mouth [Power] Given Him 42 Months; [§225] Rev 13:9-10: The Saints of the Renaissance and Reformation; [§226] Rev 13:11: The Two-Horned Lamb That Speaks as a Dragon; [§227] Rev 13:12-13: The Power and Miracles of the Second Beast; [§232] Overview of the 144,000 on Mount Zion, Great Tribulation and Harvest; [§233] Rev 14:1: The Lamb Stands on Mount Zion with 144,000; [§236] Rev 14:2: The Heavens Rejoice Before the Second Coming; [§245] Rev 14:14-20: The Four Angels of the Harvest at Christ’s Coming; [§250] Rev 14:19-20: Wicked Grapes Are Trodden in the Winepress; [§251] The Time of the Harvest at the End of Physical Armageddon. ↩︎

See Wesley, JWEN [Rev 15:5]; Schaff, SPC [Rev 15:5]; Zerr, EMZ [Rev 15:6]; Dummelow, JDCB, 1085; Wiersbe, WEONT, 840; cf. Rev 16:17; and generally [§275] Rev 16:17: The Father’s Voice Declares, “It Is Done”. ↩︎

See Seiss, ALBR, 370; Wiersbe, WEONT, 840; Beza, GSG [Rev 15:5]; Draper, OSS, 168; Zerr, EMZ [Rev 15:5]; Whedon, WCB [Rev 15:5]. ↩︎

See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 354; Walter Scott, WSCR [Rev 15:5-8]; and cf. Rev 4:1; Rev 6:8; Rev 14:14. ↩︎

See Whedon, WCB [Rev 15:5]; but see Vincent, VWS [Rev 15:5]; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 706. ↩︎

See Rev 15:1; and generally [§252] The Third Woe Begins When All Things Are in Commotion; [§253] Rev 15:1: The Grand Sign of the Son of Man in Heaven; [§254] Rev 15:1: Seven Angels and Seven Plagues of the Third Woe. ↩︎

But see Draper, RJA, 584; and generally [§5] The Book of Revelation Structure and Numerology; [§252] The Third Woe Begins When All Things Are in Commotion. ↩︎

See Vincent, VWS [Rev 15:5]; Whedon, WCB [Rev 15:5]; Donald W. Parry, UST, 333-334; Easton, IBD, 649; McClintock, MSE, Vol. 10, 128. ↩︎

See Num 10:11; Whedon, WCB [Rev 15:5]; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 15:5]; Knollys, HKCR [Rev 15:5]; Draper, RJA, 585; Vincent, VWS [Rev 15:5]. ↩︎

See Adam Clarke, ACC, Vol. 6, 1032; Wiersbe, WEONT, 840; Andrew Jenson, CR, October 1923, 126; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 1, 37; Seiss, ALBR, 369-370. ↩︎

See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 354-355; Henry, MHC, 2480; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 15:5]; Edwards, FBNT [Rev 15:5]; Pett, PPCB [Rev 15:5-6]. ↩︎

See Easton, IBD, 264; Bruce R. McConkie, TMM, Vol. 1, 102; George Reynolds, BOM, Vol. 1, 380-381; Joseph Fielding McConkie, GSS, 82. ↩︎

Cf. Rev 4:1-2; Rev 5:6-7; Rev 14:4-5; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 57; and generally [§40] Rev 4:2-3: John’s Vision of the Throne of God in Heaven; [§48] Rev 5:5-7: The Lamb Prevailed to Open the Book and Loose the Seals; [§238] Rev 14:4-5: The 144,000 Are Redeemed as the First Fruits. ↩︎

See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 355; Draper, OSS, 173; Schaff, SPC [Rev 15:5]; Ice, BSNT [Rev 15:5]; Henry, MHC, 2480; Draper, RJA, 585. ↩︎

See Draper, OSS, 169; Poole, MPEA [Rev 15:6]; Whedon, WCB [Rev 15:6]; Wiersbe, WEONT, 840; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 104-105; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 108. ↩︎

Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 355; Poole, MPEA [Rev 15:6]; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 393; Donald W. Parry, TAW, 443, 446; Watt, JD, Vol. 18, 115; and generally [§183] Rev 11:19: Introduction to the Final Plagues of the Third Woe. ↩︎

See Adam Clarke, ACC, Vol. 6, 1032; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 15:5]; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 15:6]; Edwards, FBNT [Rev 15:6]; Whedon, WCB [Rev 15:6]; Coke, TCC [Rev 15:1-8]; Henry, MHC, 2480; and cf. Rev 8:2; and generally [§97] Rev 8:2: Seven Angels in Heaven Are Given Seven Trumpets. ↩︎

See Schaff, SPC [Rev 15:6]; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 355; Millet, SWRM, 88; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 393; Draper, OSS, 166. ↩︎

See Poole, MPEA [Rev 15:6]; Dummelow, JDCB, 1085; and generally [§258] An Overview of the Last Seven Vial Plagues in Revelation 16. ↩︎

See Bruce R. McConkie, DNTC, Vol. 3, 537; and generally [§258] An Overview of the Last Seven Vial Plagues in Revelation 16; [§293] Rev 17:16-17: Ten Horns Shall Hate and Burn the Great Whore; [§299] Rev 18:9-19: Babylon Begins to Burn and Three Groups Mourn; [§318] Rev 19:17-18: Scavengers Eat the Supper of the Great God. ↩︎

See Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 15:5-7]; Walvoord, BKCNT, 966; and generally [§126] Rev 9:20-21: Armageddon’s Telestial Survivors Fail to Repent; [§251] The Time of the Harvest at the End of Physical Armageddon; [§259] Rev 16:1: The Father Directs the Seven Angels to “Go Your Ways”. ↩︎

See generally [§264] Rev 16:10-16: The Fifth and Sixth Vials Are Directed at Evil Spirits; [§266] Rev 16:12: The Kings of the East Prepare for Battle; [§267] Rev 16:13: Three Unclean Spirits Like Frogs; [§271] Rev 16:14: Spirits of Devils Gather for Battle of Great God; [§272] Rev 16:15: Christ Will Come Suddenly as a Thief; [§273] Rev 16:16: Spirits Literally Gather to Armageddon for Battle. ↩︎

See Rev 14:14-15; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 15:6]; and generally [§245] Rev 14:14-20: The Four Angels of the Harvest at Christ’s Coming; [§246] Rev 14:14: A First Angel Stands Ready to Reap the Righteous; [§247] Rev 14:15-16: A Second Angel Cries to Reap the Righteous; [§248] Rev 14:17: A Third Angel Stands Ready to Reap the Wicked; [§249] Rev 14:18: A Fourth Angel Cries to Reap the Wicked. ↩︎

See Wesley, JWEN [Rev 15:6]; Alford, GTCEC [Rev 15:1-8]; Draper, RJA, 587; and generally [§30] Rev 3:4-6: Undefiled Saints Shall Walk in White. ↩︎

See Vincent, VWS [Rev 15:6]; Whedon, WCB [Rev 15:6]; Schaff, SPC [Rev 15:6]; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 15:6]; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 706. ↩︎

See Henry, MHC, 2480; Seiss, ALBR, 370; Vincent, VWS [Rev 15:6]; Whedon, WCB [Rev 15:6]; Knollys, HKCR [Rev 15:6]; Draper, RJA, 587; and generally [§10] Rev 1:12-15: Christ in the Midst of Seven Candlesticks. ↩︎

See Easton, IBD, 290; Fausset, FBD, 257; McClintock, MSE, Vol. 3, 876; Unger, UBD, 477. ↩︎

See Bruce R. McConkie, DNTC, Vol. 3, 443; Fausset, FBD, 259; Orr, ISBE, Vol. 2, 1274; Ice, BSNT [Rev 15:6]; Wiersbe, WEONT, 840; Schaff, SPC [Rev 15:6]; cf. Rev 1:13; and generally [§10] Rev 1:12-15: Christ in the Midst of Seven Candlesticks. ↩︎

See Donald W. Parry, UST, 334; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 15:5]; Vincent, VWS [Rev 15:6]; Whedon, WCB [Rev 15:6]; Walter Scott, WSCR [Rev 15:5-8]; . and cf. Joseph Fielding McConkie, GS, 82. ↩︎

See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 355; Walvoord, BKCNT, 966; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 15:6]; Zerr, EMZ [Rev 15:6]; and cf. Matt 17:2; Luke 9:29; Mark 16:5. ↩︎

See Beza, GSG [Rev 15:6]; Brewster, DCE, 212; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 15:5]. ↩︎

See Wiersbe, BCNT, 1070; Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 512; Draper, OSS, 169, 274; Schaff, SPC [Rev 15:6]; Coke, TCC [Rev 15:8]. ↩︎

See Donald W. Parry, UST, 334; and generally [§259] Rev 16:1: The Father Directs the Seven Angels to “Go Your Ways”. ↩︎

See Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 15:5]; Poole, MPEA [Rev 15:5]; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 15:6]; Poole, MPEA [Rev 15:6]; Adam Clarke, ACC, Vol. 6, 1033; Keener, IVPNT, 760. ↩︎

See Seiss, ALBR, 370; Draper, OSS, 173; Dummelow, JDCB, 1085; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 203-204. ↩︎

See Rev 4:6-7; Poole, MPEA [Rev 15:7]; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 199; and generally [§43] Rev 4:6: The Sea of Glass Reflects Conditions in Paradise. ↩︎

See D&C 77:2-3; Whedon, WCB [Rev 15:7]; Schaff, SPC [Rev 15:7]; and generally [§44] Rev 4:6-8: The Four Beasts Represent All Creation in Paradise. ↩︎

See Seiss, ALBR, 370; Donald W. Parry, UST, 334; and generally [§47] Rev 5:1-4: The Book with Seven Seals; [§48] Rev 5:5-7: The Lamb Prevailed to Open the Book and Loose the Seals; [§52] Rev 6:1-2: Enoch’s Conquests in the First Seal [4000-3000 BC]; [§53] Rev 6:3-4: Noah’s Flood in the Second Seal [3000-2000 BC]; [§54] Rev 6:5-6: Famines in the Third Seal [2000-1000 BC]; [§55] Rev 6:7-8: Sickness and Death in the Fourth Seal [1000 BC-1 AD]. ↩︎

See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 355; Draper, OSS, 169. ↩︎

See Joseph Fielding Smith, DS, Vol. 1, 85-86; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 643; and generally [§258] An Overview of the Last Seven Vial Plagues in Revelation 16; [§260] Rev 16:2: First Vial: A Noisome and Grievous Sore on Land; [§261] Rev 16:3-4: Second and Third Vials: Death in the Waters; [§262] Rev 16:5-7: Justice Declared by the Angels of Water and Fire; [§263] Rev 16:8-9: Fourth Vial: Wicked People Scorched with Fire; [§303] Rev 18:20: The Heavenly Host Will Rejoice at Babylon’s Burning; [§304] Rev 18:21-24: The Final Destruction of, and Conditions in, Babylon; [§318] Rev 19:17-18: Scavengers Eat the Supper of the Great God; [§322] Rev 19:21: The Worldwide End of Physical Armageddon. ↩︎

See Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 513; Victor L. Ludlow, P&P, 615; Donald W. Parry, UST, 334; Draper, RJA, 589-590. ↩︎

See Wiersbe, WEONT, 840; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 15:7]; Draper, OSS, 175; and cf. Rev 4:8-10. ↩︎

See Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 513; Donald W. Parry, UST, 332; Joseph Fielding McConkie, GSS, 99; Henry, MHC, 2480. ↩︎

See D&C 5:19; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 355; Alford, GTCEC [Rev 15:1-8]; and generally [§258] An Overview of the Last Seven Vial Plagues in Revelation 16. ↩︎

See generally [§264] Rev 16:10-16: The Fifth and Sixth Vials Are Directed at Evil Spirits; [§265] Rev 16:10-11: Fifth Vial: Darkness Fills Satan’s Kingdom; [§266] Rev 16:12: The Kings of the East Prepare for Battle; [§267] Rev 16:13: Three Unclean Spirits Like Frogs; [§271] Rev 16:14: Spirits of Devils Gather for Battle of Great God; [§272] Rev 16:15: Christ Will Come Suddenly as a Thief; [§273] Rev 16:16: Spirits Literally Gather to Armageddon for Battle. ↩︎

See Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 513; Joseph Fielding McConkie, GS, 257; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 15:7]. ↩︎

See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 355; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 706; Seiss, ALBR, 370; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 15:7]; Whedon, WCB [Rev 15:7]; Draper, RJA, 587. ↩︎

See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 355; Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 513; Joseph F. Smith, CR, April 1945, 158; Woodruff, DWW, 40-41; Watt, JD, Vol. 6, 16; Draper, RJA, 592. ↩︎

See D&C 97:22-23; Wiersbe, WEONT, 840; Draper, OSS, 170-171; Donald W. Parry, UI, 542-543; Schaff, SPC [Rev 15:7]; Zerr, EMZ [Rev 15:7]. ↩︎

See D&C 101:11; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 15:7]; Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 513; Rudger Clawson, CR, October 1922, 180; Joseph Fielding Smith, CHMR, Vol. 1, 77; Doxey, PPDC, 5. ↩︎

See Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 15:5-7]; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 355-356; Donald W. Parry, UST, 334; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 63; cf. Rev 4:9; Rev 5:14; and generally [§45] Rev 4:8-10: The Beasts and 24 Elders Worship the Creator; [§50] Rev 5:11-14: Those in All Kingdoms of Glory Praise the Lamb. ↩︎

See Wesley, JWEN [Rev 15:7]; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 15:7]; cf. Joseph Fielding Smith, DS, Vol. 2, 228. ↩︎

See Whedon, WCB [Rev 15:8]; Schaff, SPC [Rev 15:8]; Draper, RJA, 588; Wiersbe, WEONT, 840-841; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 15:8]. ↩︎

See Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 15:7]; Ice, BSNT [Rev 15:8]; cf. 2 Sam 22:7-9; D&C 56:1; Moses 7:34. ↩︎

See Edwards, FBNT [Rev 15:8]; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 15:8]; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 356. ↩︎

See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 356; Donald W. Parry, UST, 334-335; Largey, BMRC, 408; Bruce R. McConkie, DNTC, Vol. 3, 229. ↩︎

See Wiersbe, BCNT, 1070; Draper, RJA, 588. ↩︎

See Edwards, FBNT [Rev 15:8]; Whedon, WCB [Rev 15:8]; Schaff, SPC [Rev 15:8]; Coke, TCC [Rev 15:1-8]. ↩︎

See Donald W. Parry, TAW, 63-64, 78; Millet, SS, Vol. 6, 198-199; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 2, 651; Joseph Fielding McConkie, GSS, 132. ↩︎

See Donald W. Parry, TAW, 525; Easton, IBD, 329-330; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 1, 37; Skinner, GOL, 169. ↩︎

See Lambert, LBSS, 49; Daniel H. Ludlow, CSNT, 428; Joseph Smith, TPJS, 158; Victor L. Ludlow, P&P, 522. ↩︎

See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 356; Donald W. Parry, UST, 335; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 15:7]; Zerr, EMZ [Rev 15:8]. ↩︎

See Vincent, VWS [Rev 15:8]; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 15:8]; Draper, OSS, 169; Draper, RJA, 585, 588; Draper, OSS, 170. ↩︎

See Wiersbe, WEONT, 841; Bruce R. McConkie, NWAF, 633; Bruce R. McConkie, DNTC, Vol. 3, 539; and generally [§258] An Overview of the Last Seven Vial Plagues in Revelation 16. ↩︎

See Rev 16:9; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 15:6]; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 15:8]; but see Donald W. Parry, UST, 332; and generally [§263] Rev 16:8-9: Fourth Vial: Wicked People Scorched with Fire. ↩︎

See Rev 9:20-21; See generally [§126] Rev 9:20-21: Armageddon’s Telestial Survivors Fail to Repent. ↩︎

See Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 515; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 15:8]; and generally [§258] An Overview of the Last Seven Vial Plagues in Revelation 16; [§298] Rev 18:8: Seventh Vial Plague Will Destroy Babylon in One Day. ↩︎